Abraham, paid $67,000 per year by Cal State Northridge, is charged with conspiracy to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base.

Abraham allegedly sold the ''crack'' in northeast Omaha between Feb. 1, 1996, and Jan. 28, 1997.

NCAA sets Alabama's

basketball hearing

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- The NCAA set a date Wednesday for Alabama to appear before the NCAA to discuss two major rules violations the basketball program was accused of committing.

University officials are to appear before the NCAA Committee on Infractions on Nov. 15 to answer questions about a former Alabama assistant who allegedly sought $5,000 from boosters to pay the coach of a high school recruit and then lied about it to investigators.

The NCAA sent the school an official letter of inquiry in August, which centered around ex-Tide coach Tyrone Beaman.

The NCAA said Beaman met with boosters Charley Stakely and Truman Hobbs Jr. and Montgomery YMCA director Willie Jones for lunch in January and asked them for $5,000 to send to the coach of a recruit in Houston.

Beaman, a member of former coach David Hobbs' staff, was fired with Hobbs at the end of last season.

The NCAA requested that new coach Mark Gottfried attend the meeting, but excused him from the proceedings because the Crimson Tide play Ohio State that day.

American coach

names U.S. soccer team

CHICAGO -- Bruce Arena fulfilled his promise to immediately rebuild the U.S. national soccer team with young MLS players when he put nine first-timers on his roster Wednesday for a Nov. 6 exhibition Australia.

All 22 on the roster play in Major League Soccer, only three were over 30 and only five were members of the World Cup team that went to France.

Holdovers from the France '98 squad that lost all three of its games were forwards Brian McBride of Columbus and Joe-Max Moore of New England, midfielder Cobi Jones of Los Angeles, and defenders Jeff Agoos and Eddie Pope of Arena's D.C. United.

Arena, who was announced Tuesday as the coach to replace Steve Sampson following the Americans' debacle at the World Cup, had said about half of his roster for the Australia match would be players who had never played for their country.

On Wednesday, Arena selected MLS Rookie of the Year Ben Olsen from his own D.C. United, along with Los Angeles midfielder Clint Mathis, Chicago Fire forward Josh Wolff, and defenders Mike Petke of the MetroStars, Leo Cullen of Miami and C.J. Brown of Chicago.

Also getting their first call were goalkeepers Kevin Hartman of Los Angeles and David Kramer of San Jose and midfielder Richie Williams of D.C.

Several others have three or fewer apperances for the national team, including Chicago goalkeeper Zach Thornton and midfielders Paul Bravo of Colorado, Eddie Lewis of San Jose and Ante Razov of Chicago.

No members of the ''old guard'' which created the core of the United States team in the last three World Cups were included on the roster: Eric Wynalda, Tab Ramos, Marcelo Balboa, Alexi Lalas or John Harkes -- the team's former captain who was dropped by Sampson a month before France '98.